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Cows in a field

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Cornell Atkinson, The Nature Conservancy, Clean Air Task Force and Environmental Defense Fund have awarded grants to five research projects that aim to improve sustainability in the dairy industry.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
panelists

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Over 200 dairy producers and industry professionals from across the country gathered in East Syracuse, NY on January 28 and 29 for two full days of education and networking at the biennial dairy conference. The event, a collaboration between...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
Panel of experts at 2024 Cornell Nutrition COnference

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Over 450 dairy nutritionists, consultants and industry professionals from around the world gathered in East Syracuse, New York, last week for the 86th Annual Cornell Nutrition Conference. At the conference, participants gained insight into the...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
anaerobic digester cover with water

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This fact sheet authored by Lauren Ray, Dairy Environmental Systems, was shared in the January 2024 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. Dairy farms considering...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
anaerobic digester diagram

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Considerations for central systems of dairy manure anaerobic digestion to renewable natural gas Newly released fact sheets by Angela George, Jason Oliver, and Lauren Ray, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems, gives an overview of three...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
manure co-digestor

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These fact sheets authored by Angela George and Lauren Ray, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems, were shared in the January 30, 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
manure storage

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PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems (DES) is seeking New York State (NYS) dairy farmers interested in collaborating on a project to study greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manure management and storage sites. Results will be used to help...
Patches of green fields taken from above

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Cornell Atkinson has awarded seed funding to nine interdisciplinary projects that address a range of sustainability topics.

  • Animal Science
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management